A Franklin man missed a court date in Milford Friday so he could tell “Today’’ show viewers about his conviction for murdering his wife in the Caribbean, a verdict later overturned by an appeals court.

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David Swain, 56, was convicted in 2009 of killing his wife, Shelley Tyre, during a 1999 scuba diving trip at the British Virgin Islands and sentenced to at least 25 years in prison.

That decision that was overturned last November by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, and Swain was released, according to the Associated Press.

According to the MetroWest Daily News, Swain was arrested in Hopedale last Tuesday on motor vehicle charges but failed to show up at Milford District Court, so Judge Robert Calagione issued an arrest warrant.

Swain’s attorney, Gary Pelletier, said he had asked for a continuance on Friday but Calagione was unmoved. The judge lifted the warrant on Monday when Swain showed up in court, the attorney said.

In his interview with “Today,” Swain said his trial was unfair and the judge and prosecutor were “in cahoots,’’ the Associated Press reported.

Swain said he believes the judge had been biased.

He was accused of killing Tyre so he could collect on an insurance policy and pursue another woman. He now says it was a mistake to pursue the other woman.

Hopedale Police pulled Swain over last Tuesday on his way back to the state from a job assignment in Maine, according to the paper. Police said he was driving a car with a broken taillight. He was charged with driving without an inspection sticker, and driving with a suspended license and cited with a number plate violation and a defective light, police said.

He said that his license had been suspended in Rhode Island after he was arrested on Dec. 18 for failing to take a Breathalyzer test in Portsmouth.

Swain said did not know the license was also revoked in Massachusetts and never received the letter the state had sent informing him of the ruling.

He said during the December night, he had a few drinks over dinner and “a few hours later a policeman pulled me over,” he said.

“I was pretty sure that I was not over-the-limit,” he said. But knowing that he was prone to media scrutiny, “I thought that any number, even if it was a legal number, would be a bad number, so I just refused.”

Attorney Pelletier said the drunken-driving charge was dismissed at Newport District Court in late March, after the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal deemed the offense a civil violation.

Swain said that Calagione reinstated his license in Massachusetts and will be allowed to drive in Rhode Island again beginning Tuesday.

Swain talked about trying to move on with his life.

“I’m just trying to get on the horse of living and move on,” said Swain.

He said he is currently working two jobs, as a property inspector and as a captain for a ferry and charter boat company out of Jamestown, R.I.

Swain moved to Franklin in January after living in Middletown, R.I., with his son.

He said that since his return to the United States, his family, who believes in his innocence, continues to support him.

“They have been as supportive, if not more supportive of me now, than as when I was away,” he said.

To remember his wife, Swain carries her computer backpack case with him everyday to work. “I miss her,” he said.